X-ray computer tomograph and method for investigating a component by means of X-ray computer tomography

US8229061B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Randolf Hanke · Fürth, DE
• Theobald Fuchs · Koblenzer Straße, DE
• Tobias Schön · Koblenzer Straße, DE
• Michael Maisl · Freisen, DE
• Stefan Kasperl · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 21, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2223/419
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In an X-ray computer tomograph and a method for examining a component by means of X-ray computer tomography, the component carries out a movement relative to a radiation source detector unit in at least two degrees of freedom of movement, so at least one trajectory can be produced which spans a three-dimensional space. Since the X-radiation has a three-dimensional radiation geometry, volume data can be rapidly obtained and precisely reconstructed to form a three-dimensional X-ray image. The component can be geometrically measured by means of a geometry detection unit.